This article covers how to withdraw an IRS lien. If you have active liens and debts that are still owed, you may want to see our Offer in Compromise Guide or call us for a free consultation with one of our tax attorneys at (888) 515-4TAX (4829).
If you have paid your tax in full, or owe less than $25,000, and are in an IRS Fresh Start payment plan being paid by direct debit, you can submit an IRS Form 12227 to have the lien withdrawn from your credit report.
This is different than having shown as “released” because the withdrawn status means it is pulled completely from the record as if it never existed and you never owed the debt. Released tax liens will show as a debt that was then satisfied.
Here we will go over IRS Form 12277 in detail so you can fill it out yourself and send it in.
First we’ll go over filling out the form by section. We recommend filling it out in all CAPS so it is easier for the IRS to read.
Then sign and date at the bottom of the form.
The second step is finding the right IRS Lien Office to send the request to. The easiest way to do that is to call the IRS Lien Desk at (800) 913-6050. Tell the agent on the line you are trying to find the office to send your lien withdrawal request to. Ask for the address, phone number, and fax number of the office. You can then fax it or certify mail it to them. I prefer certified mail since you know for sure it got there. With fax, if it shows up as sent on your end it does not always mean it worked fine on their end.
In about two months the liens should show as withdrawn on your credit report.
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Short , simple and very understandable. Thank you for this article
great tax lien post, most the other ones were just sales junk